personal safety

collocation in English

meaningsofpersonalandsafety

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personal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us
/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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safety
noun[U]
uk
/ˈseɪf.ti/us
/ˈseɪf.ti/
a state in which or a place where you are safe and not in danger or ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandsafetyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpersonal safety

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However, threats topersonalsafety, health, or life come in many different forms, for example, when a natural disaster strikes or during armed conflicts.
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Interviewers were informed about the management of the questionnaires andpersonalsafety.
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Deficits in executive functioning can impinge significantly on patients' ability to care for themselves, their independence and their own and others'personalsafety.
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Names of all sources are withheld to guaranteepersonalsafetyof the informants.
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As such, tourists may gain an enhanced cultural experience, and perhaps addedpersonalsafety, by travelling with experienced guides and having some community-specific sea ice background information available to them.
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They did however experience internal conflict while encouraging their daughters to pursue the new ideal, because they were afraid for theirpersonalsafetyand loss of respectability.
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Similarly, not all children and adults comply when new bicycle helmet laws are passed in their community, despite the importance of doing so for theirpersonalsafety.
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Its economic performance has not been good, especially if you consider the quality of jobs created and the scale of 'mayhem, risk and poorpersonalsafety' that have resulted.
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After all, we are dealing here with fundamental human rights, personal freedom of movement and the preservation ofpersonalsafetyand property.
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This we cannot accept, as nobody can play around withpersonalsafety.
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We think that, withpersonalsafetyat stake, legislative intervention is called for.
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Crime of all sorts has been reduced and travellers' perceptions ofpersonalsafetyhave been improved.
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The raft of different perceptions of the environment andpersonalsafetyhave meant that there are more opportunities for safety products.
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These measures include the provision ofpersonalsafetyand communications equipment, pre-posting security training and briefing and, where appropriate, armed protection.
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We could boast that we could use those facilities without any fear or regard forpersonalsafety.
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This can be used partly towardspersonalsafetytraining for staff.
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We receive representations from a number of different organisations, including some regardingpersonalsafetyon public transport.
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Procedures are also in place to minimise the risk to visiting officers which include accompanied visiting where there is concern forpersonalsafety.
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It is not only a question of theirpersonalsafety.
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